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Cheap tarp vs. the fancy branded one - did a side by side last weekend

I've always used the $10 blue tarps from the hardware store for rain cover over my tent. But last weekend it poured for like 8 hours straight and water started pooling on top. My buddy had one of those heavier duty Kelty tarps, the 10x10 kind that costs like $60. His stayed tight and dry underneath the whole time. I had to go out at 3am and poke a stick up to drain mine. The grommets on mine ripped out too, so now I gotta buy a new one. Has anyone else had that problem with the cheap blue ones where they just don't hold up in real rain?
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paul_thompson67
Dude same thing happened to me like two months ago lol. Woke up at 2am with water dripping on my face cause the stupid blue tarp sagged and tore a grommet. Never again.
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jenny580
jenny5801mo ago
Oh goodness, @paul_thompson67, is a little water really the end of the world?
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